Santiago
838 km²
Sydney
12,368 km²
Chile
Australia
Area Comparison
Santiago is 14.8x smaller than Sydney
Population Comparison
Santiago has 1.2x more people than Sydney
Sydney is significantly larger, covering 14.8 times the area of Santiago. Sydney spans 12,368 km² (4,775 mi²) while Santiago covers 838 km² (324 mi²) — a difference of 11,530 km². You could fit Santiago inside Sydney approximately 14 times.
To put Santiago's size in perspective, its area of 838 km² is roughly the same size as Berlin. Meanwhile, Sydney at 12,368 km² is about 2.0x the size of Shanghai.
Santiago's footprint is roughly about 117,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris — pick whichever unit feels intuitive. Sydney, by comparison, equals about 1,700,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Paris, or 100 times the area of San Francisco.
Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. Located in the Chilean Central Valley within the Santiago Basin, between the Andes to the east and the Chilean Coastal Range to the west, it anchors the Santiago Metropolitan Region and its conurbation of Greater Santiago, which comprises more than forty communes and concentrates over a third of the national population and around 45% of Chile's GDP.
Known as "Santiago de Chile", Santiago covers 838 km² with a population of 6.3 million. The city was established in 1541. Santiago is known for Cerro San Cristóbal, Gran Torre Santiago, Plaza de Armas, among other attractions.
Santiago sits in the Chilean Central Valley between the Andes and the Coastal Range, anchoring over a third of Chile's population.
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and is the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west.
Nicknamed "Sydneysiders", Sydney has an area of 12,368 km² and is home to 5.3 million people. The city dates back to 1788. Visitors come for Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, and much more. Getting around is easy with the Sydney Trains.
Sydney stretches roughly 80 km from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west.
Santiago has a population density of 7,470 people per km² — a densely populated city. Sydney, with 429 people per km², is a low-density, sprawling urban area. Santiago is dramatically more crowded, with 17.4x the population density.
Size Ratio
Santiago fits inside Sydney ~14 times
Density Gap
Santiago is 17.4x more densely populated
History
Santiago is ~247 years older
Santiago covers 838 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Kyoto (828 km²), Berlin (892 km²), New York (783 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), or Bangalore (741 km²).
Sydney covers 12,368 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Chengdu (14,378 km²), Xi'an (10,097 km²), Melbourne (9,993 km²), Brisbane (15,826 km²), or Beijing (16,411 km²).
The straight-line distance from Santiago to Sydney is 11,349 km (7,052 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~13h 51m.
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